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    Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Qatar cuts poet's life term to 15 years in jail; outcry persists

    A Qatari poet jailed for verses deemed seditious and insulting to his nation's emir faces 15 years behind bars after an appeals court cut back on his prison term Monday. Human rights groups were outraged in November when a Qatari court first ruled...

    Tags: Civil Rights, Punishment, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights, Justice and Rights

    2. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Oscar predictions 2013: Adele! Adele! Adele!

    <em>Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners and helping you prevail in your Oscar pools. He looked at the three short film categories <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-oscar-predictions-shorts-categories-20130219,0,6533957.story">here</a>, the sound awards <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-oscar-predictions-sound-categories-20130219,0,1098044.story">here</a> and the visual crafts fields <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-oscar-predictions-cinematography-costumes-visual-effects20130220,0,4919179.story">here</a>. Now, with an Oscar show that promises to heavily emphasize music, it's time to break out the song and score picks.</em>
    Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners and helping you prevail in your Oscar pools. He looked at the three short film categories here, the sound awards here and...

    Tags: Entertainment, Argo (movie), Gold Standard Incorporated, Life of Pi (movie), Les Miserables (movie)

    3. Feb 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Announcing the 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists

    <em>This post has been updated; see below for details.</em>
    This post has been updated; see below for details. The finalists for the 33rd L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday morning -- the complete list is below. In addition to the 50 books in 10 categories that are in the running for the awards,...

    Tags: University of Oxford, Gravesend, Entertainment Events, Joseph P. Kennedy, Science and Technology

    4. Feb 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Would you pay $4,600 for a bad (rare) poem?

    An unpublished manuscript by the 19th century Scottish poet William Topaz McGonagall is up for auction at Bonham's this spring, and is expected to fetch something in the neighborhood of&nbsp;$4,600, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/feb/18/rare-poem-worst-poet-auction">according</a> to the Guardian. This price is not despite its notable badness, but exactly because of it: &nbsp;McGonagall, born in 1825 in Edinburgh, is widely considered to be the world's worst poet.
    An unpublished manuscript by the 19th century Scottish poet William Topaz McGonagall is up for auction at Bonham's this spring, and is expected to fetch something in the neighborhood of $4,600, according to the Guardian. This price is not despite its...

    Tags: Auction Service, Patricia Cornwell

    5. Feb 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Epic to pull track with Lil Wayne's vulgar reference to Emmett Till

    <em>This post has been updated. See note below for details.</em>
    This post has been updated. See note below for details. Epic Records Chairman Antonio “L.A.” Reid has apologized to the family of slain civil rights figure Emmett Till and his label is working to remove from circulation a remix of the...

    Tags: Civil Rights, Karate, Lil Wayne, Entertainment, L.A. Reid

    6. Feb 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Depictions of violence in theater: Revelation, not nihilism

    In one of the most infamous scenes in modern drama, a group of young men in a London park stone a baby to death in its carriage. What begins as roughhousing escalates to all-out sadism until a rock is thrown at point blank range, ending the child's pitiful cries for good.
    In one of the most infamous scenes in modern drama, a group of young men in a London park stone a baby to death in its carriage. What begins as roughhousing escalates to all-out sadism until a rock is thrown at point blank range, ending the child's...

    Tags: Mud (movie), Fine Artists, Entertainment, Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained (movie)

    7. Feb 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 90-year-old great-grandmother waxes poetic on Bukowski

    When Marjory Gilbert read a Times <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-onlocation-bukowski20130213,0,1776293.story">On Location story</a> about the movie "Bukowski," produced and directed by James Franco, it brought back vivid memories of her long-ago encounter with the late poet.
    When Marjory Gilbert read a Times On Location story about the movie "Bukowski," produced and directed by James Franco, it brought back vivid memories of her long-ago encounter with the late poet. Gilbert was working as a clerk in the history department at...

    Tags: James Franco, Charles Bukowski

    8. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Poet Pablo Neruda's remains to be exhumed, autopsied

    Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda's body will be exhumed and autopsied, a judge ruled this week. An <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/06/was-nobel-prizewinning-poet-pablo-neruda-poisoned.html">investigation</a> of Neruda's death was opened in 2011, 38 years after he died of what was said to be malnutrition or cancer.
    Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda's body will be exhumed and autopsied, a judge ruled this week. An investigation of Neruda's death was opened in 2011, 38 years after he died of what was said to be malnutrition or cancer. Judge Mario Carroza ordered...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Nobel Prize Awards, Literature, Arts and Culture, Salvador Allende

    9. Feb 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Grammys 2013: Live blogging the show

    The Grammys, live . . .&nbsp;
    The Grammys, live . . .  8:55 p.m.: The Grammys saved the most fascinating performer for one of its final performances, and the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch finally received a Grammy tribute, albeit a brief one. First, to introduce Frank Ocean, Juanes...

    Tags: Miranda Lambert, Travis Barker, Concerts, Chris Brown, Adam Levine

    10. Jan 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Jayne Cortez dies at 78; poet and performance artist

    Before the ashes and the anguish, before the 1965 riots and the spotlight of attention that followed, there was a pocket of people already fighting for Watts.
    Before the ashes and the anguish, before the 1965 riots and the spotlight of attention that followed, there was a pocket of people already fighting for Watts. They fought for the arts and for the black community from a building on Grandee Avenue and...

    Tags: Ornette Coleman, Entertainment, Jean Genet, Arts and Culture, Authors

    11. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Review: The Who performs 'Quadrophenia' and more at Staples Center

    Few songwriters in British rock have had loftier goals, and more success, than Pete Townshend of the Who, and few works from the classic rock era are as accomplished and emotionally rich as "Quadrophenia," the Who&rsquo;s 1973 double-album rock opera focused on rebel youth in working class England.
    Los Angeles Times Pop Music Critic
    Few songwriters in British rock have had loftier goals, and more success, than Pete Townshend of the Who, and few works from the classic rock era are as accomplished and emotionally rich as "Quadrophenia," the Who’s 1973 double-album rock opera...

    Tags: Lady Gaga, Pete Townshend

    12. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. After 'Epic Mickey' fizzles, Disney shuts down game studio

    Walt Disney Co. has shut down the Texas game studio behind "Epic Mickey," the Burbank media giant's&nbsp; unsuccessful attempt to reinvent Mickey Mouse for the interactive age.
    Walt Disney Co. has shut down the Texas game studio behind "Epic Mickey," the Burbank media giant's  unsuccessful attempt to reinvent Mickey Mouse for the interactive age. Disney confirmed Tuesday that it has shuttered Austin-based Junction Point. A...

    Tags: Entertainment, Nintendo Company Ltd., Amusement and Theme Parks, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Gaming Industry

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